2013 Amstel Gold Race

The 2013 Amstel Gold Race was the 48th running of the Amstel Gold Race, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 14 April 2013 over a distance of 251.8 kilometres (156.5 miles) and it was the eleventh race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season.^[1]

2013 Amstel Gold Race

2013 UCI World Tour, race 11 of 28
Race details
Dates	14 April 2013
Stages	1
Distance	251.8 km (156.5 mi)
Winning time	6h 35' 21"
Results
Winner  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) (Saxo–Tinkoff)   Second  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Movistar Team)   Third  Simon Gerrans (AUS) (Orica–GreenEDGE)
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Teams

As the Amstel Gold Race is a UCI World Tour event, all 19 UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad. Six other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton.^[2]

The 19 UCI ProTeams that competed in the race:

Ag2r–La Mondiale Argos–Shimano Astana Blanco Pro Cycling BMC Racing Team Cannondale Euskaltel–Euskadi

FDJ Garmin–Sharp Orica–GreenEDGE Team Katusha Lampre–Merida Lotto–Belisol

Movistar Team Omega Pharma–Quick-Step RadioShack–Leopard Saxo–Tinkoff Team Sky Vacansoleil–DCM

The 6 teams who were given wild cards:

Accent Jobs–Wanty Crelan–Euphony

IAM Cycling Team Europcar

NetApp–Endura Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise

Race overview

Results

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	Rider	Team	Time	World Tour Points
1	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Saxo–Tinkoff	6h 35' 21"	80
2	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 22"	60
3	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	+ 22"	50
4	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 22"	40
5	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 22"	30
6	Sergio Henao (COL)	Team Sky	+ 22"	22
7	Björn Leukemans (BEL)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 22"	14
8	Pieter Weening (NED)	Orica–GreenEDGE	+ 22"	10
9	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)	Astana	+ 22"	6
10	Bauke Mollema (NED)	Blanco Pro Cycling	+ 22"	2